Dumars says Amir will get his minutes

For those worried about Amir Johnson's lack of court time thus far, don't fret. Joe Dumars insists that Johnson's time will come as the season progresses.

November 13, NBA.com: Langlois: Is there any concern for you that Amir's ankle injury set him back and with the other guys playing so well, maybe he's going to be the odd man out?

Dumars: No - he won't be the odd man out. He'll get his opportunity this year. I've talked to him several times, Flip Saunders has talked to him several times about how much we're going to depend on him this year. It's an extremely long season and we wanted to make sure he didn't get emotionally down, because with an injury like this it can take a while to get back to full strength. He had never been through this before, so we have been constantly talking to him about continuing to work hard, that we have tremendous confidence in you and your time is going to come where we're going to put you on the court and you're going to have to compete the way you see Maxey and Sheed and Dice are.